Ethics, Health Policy and (Anti-) Aging: Mixed Blessings
This volume is about the ethical and philosophical issues that arise in an aging society, and the implications of these issues for healthcare- and social policy. After a brief overview of biomedicine's changing approach of ageing and longevity and o
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ETHICS AND HEALTH POLICY Series Editors ALIES STRUIJS, Centre for Ethics and Health, Council for Public Health & Health Care, The Hague, The Netherlands INEZ DE BEAUFORT, ErasmusMC, Department Medical Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine, Rotterdam, The Netherlands The Series Ethics and Health Policy disseminates international research in current ethical issues and moral dilemmas in health policy
Editorial Board LEONARDO DE CASTRO, National University of Singapore, Singapore & University of the Philippines, Philippines CHRISTIANE DRUML, Medical University of Vienna, Austria HANS-JÖRG EHNI, University of Tübingen, Germany DANIEL FU-CHANG TSAI, National Taiwan University, Taiwan HENK TEN HAVE, Duquesne University, USA GÖRAN HERMERÉN, Lund University, Sweden SØREN HOLM, University of Manchester, UK BARTHA KNOPPERS, McGill University, Canada FLORENCIA LUNA, Latin American University of Social Sciences, Argentina MAURIZIO MORI, University of Turin, Italy XIAOMEI ZHAI, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China PAUL SCHOTSMANS, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium SIOBHAN O’SULLIVAN, Department of Health & Children and Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Ireland HUGH WHITTALL, Nuffield Council, UK DICK WILLEMS, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
VOLUME 1 For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/10228
Maartje Schermer • Wim Pinxten Editors
Ethics, Health Policy and (Anti-) Aging: Mixed Blessings
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Editors Maartje Schermer Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam Department of Medical Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine Rotterdam The Netherlands
Wim Pinxten Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam Department of Medical Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine Rotterdam The Netherlands
ISSN 2212-1536 ISSN 2212-1544 (Electronic) ISBN 978-94-007-3869-0 ISBN 978-94-007-3870-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-3870-6 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2012952195 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
This volume is the first in a new Springer series, Ethics and Health Policy. It reflects on the challenges that ethics and health policy face in aging societies. Against the background of an ever further increasing life expectancy, and taking the huge impact of aging populations on healthcare and health policy into account, it is hard to imagine a more appropriate subject to start this series with. Although life in itself is highly valued by many, aging—both in its individual and in its societal dimensions—i
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